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This is a 300dpi map of the top 50 PR twitterers (as per Stephen Waddington's analysis) and the interrelationships between them.
To generate this:
We first crawled all the accounts for "friends" (accounts that they follow) and "followers" (accounts that follow them). This is a profligate use of resources because we were always going to throw away a massive load of that data. But it's always more interesting to start with a large data set. You don't know what you're going to find.
Then I wrote a quick-and-dirty perl script to process the data looking only for those instances where one of the top 50 followed another.
Then we dropped everything into NetDraw (if you are at all interested in this stuff, you really should get hold of a copy and start reading around the subject.) We laid out the chart so that the people who have the most peer-group followers are in the centre of the chart - and to make it even more obvious, we sized their nodes according to the number of peer-group followers that they have.
So people on the peripheries (like me - mediaczar) are peripheral to the community, and those in the middle are central. Obvious, huh?
This chart already shows a massive difference between our analysis (as it progresses) and the raw data from Wadds's list. There are some really good reasons for this, which I'll go into on the blog.
For more on this, see this post on Twitter Social Network Analysis
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41 ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON GOVERNOR AND CITY LEADERS FOR OPEN PROCESS IN DECISION-MAKING FOR MAJOR HOSPITALS
They ask Gov. Jindal for cost-benefit analysis of two competing LSU plans, and ask City Council and Planning Commission to include hospitals in the New Orleans master plan.
New Orleans, La. (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)—With the debate over locating new LSU and VA hospitals in Mid-City continuing, 41 local and national organizations—including a diverse range of community groups, professional organizations and planning associations—are asking state and city leaders to engage the public more directly in the search for a solution.
At a press conference held today, the organizations asked Gov. Jindal to commission an independent, third-party comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the two LSU hospital plans--proposed new construction in Lower Mid-City and an alternative proposal to gut and rebuild a new 21st century hospital inside the shell of Charity Hospital. The organizations argue that a rigorous, side-by-side financial analysis will both clear up contradictory claims about construction costs of the two plans and will also measure the impact of different timelines on job creation, related economic development and health care delivery to the community.
In addition, the groups called on the City Council and the City Planning Commission to hold public hearings to receive information about the hospital designs and plans for a biomedical research district, and to give members of the public their first City-Hall-sponsored opportunity to respond to the plans. The groups want the hearings to be part of a process in which the council and planning commission take responsibility for making sure that the locations and designs for the huge hospital complex are best for the citizens, neighborhoods and the medical industry.
A third recommendation by the groups is to include the hospitals and the new biosciences economic development district in the city’s new master planning process. Goody Clancy, the city’s planning contractor, has stated that the Planning Commission excluded the hospitals and medical district from the scope of the master plan, which was released Friday in draft form.
“Despite the profound and lasting impact these projects will have on the city of New Orleans, the City Council and the City Planning Commission have been sitting on the sidelines of the debate, doing nothing, and the people of New Orleans have been kept largely in the dark,” said William Borah, New Orleans land use attorney. “This decision is far too important to be made in a backroom deal, without citizen input. This coalition is calling for a more transparent, open decision making process—one that has citizens at the table to help decide which hospital plan is in the best long-term interests of the people of New Orleans.”
Louisiana State University’s proposed $1.2 billion teaching hospital and medical center and a new $600-plus million hospital for the Department of Veterans Affairs constitute the largest single economic-development project in the city’s history. LSU and VA propose to locate the hospitals in a 70-acre section of the Mid-City neighborhood, after removing residents and small businesses from hundreds of buildings, many of them historic structures. The LSU plan for moving the hospitals to Mid-City would also affect the Central Business District, since the university proposes to abandon the landmark Charity Hospital building. A plan by RMJM Hillier proposes reusing the shell of the Charity building to house the state-of-the-art hospital that would serve as the core of LSU’s academic medical center, an approach the nationally-recognized architects say will produce a world-class hospital with savings of hundreds of millions of dollars over new construction and will be completed at least two years sooner.
Last week at the Senate District 9 Health Care Reform Forum, Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals Alan Levine—the state’s point person on the hospital issue—said that no final decisions have been made and that both the LSU and the RMJM Hillier approaches are still on the table.
"Every neighborhood in New Orleans should be concerned that the plans for the replacement of Charity and the VA hospitals are not a part of the city's master planning process which is going on right now," said Charles E. Allen, III, president of the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association. "What is happening in Lower Mid-City could happen in any neighborhood of the city. We need to make sure that City Planning and the City Council insist that the process applies to our entire city. We can't leave anything out."
“Health care is in critical condition here in New Orleans,” said Dr. Sissy Sartor. “I am appealing to Governor Jindal to come forward and show the citizens of New Orleans and of the state that he is serious about returning health care to our city and that he will do it in a fiscally responsible way. The governor has it in his power to order a cost-benefit analysis that would answer the questions about alternative plans for rebuilding the LSU medical center.”
“At this point, what we need is a clear factual basis from which a decision can be reached,” said Sandra Stokes, Executive Vice Chair of the Foundation for Historical Louisiana “We need to move forward, and the best way to do that is for the state to conduct an independent, side-by-side analysis of the two plans. That process would provide answers to fundamental questions of time, efficiency and cost. Which plan would provide 21st century medical care faster? Which would cost less? We need an independent voice to provide answers to these basic questions.”
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COALITION ARE CALLING FOR:
1.Governor Jindal to order an independent, comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the two hospital plans.
2.The City Planning Commission and the City Council to hold public hearings on these critical planning issues.
3.The City Planning Commission and the City Council to include the hospitals in the current master-planning process.
●American Planning Association
●Broadmoor Improvement Association
●Charity Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association
●Foundation for Historical Louisiana
●New Orleans Committee to Reopen Charity Hospital
●Coliseum Square Association
●Doctors for Charity Hospital
●National Trust for Historic Preservation
●Squandered Heritage
●Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association
●Smart Growth for Louisiana
●Preservation Resource Center
●Louisiana ACORN
●Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
●Louisiana Landmarks Society
●GNO Affordable Housing Action Center
●Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
●New Creation Christian Church
●Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation
●Lower Mid-City Residents and Business Owners Affected by the LSU/VA Hospitals
●The Renaissance Project
●Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates
●Southern Christian Leadership Conference Louisiana Women’s Division
●French Quarter Citizens, Inc.
●Lantern Light Inc.
●Irish Channel Neighborhood Association
●Louisiana Justice Institute
●Lafayette Square Association
●Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
●Mid-City Neighborhood Organization
●New Orleans Pax Christi
●Partners for Livable Communities
●C3/Hands Off Iberville
●Phoenix of New Orleans
●Restaurant Opportunity Center of New Orleans
●Social Justice Committee of the First Unitarian Universalist Church
●The Townscape Institute
●The Urban Conservancy
●United Teachers of New Orleans
●Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
●Historic Faubourg Treme Association
SFC Chris Vanslambrouck (lt) from the Illinois Army National Guard, 1Lt Marcin Wilga (ctr), from the Polish Land Forces and 1Lt Matthew Morris (rt) analyze data during Bagram XI, the joint Polish and U.S. exercise running 7-15 March 2012. This is the 11th rotation of Bagram, a biannual exercise, to certify the Polish Land Forces Task Force White Eagle members for their mission in Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). US Army Europe and Illinois Army National Guard are supporting Bagram XI with approximately 77 U.S. military and civilian participants working alongside their Polish counterparts in areas like command post management, battlefield and network operations, computer simulations, and key leader engagements. Photo by Richard Bumgardner, US Army Europe Public Affairs.
PNNL scientists can better understand larger biological molecules such as proteins with the help of a tiny glass tube, called an emitter, that's used in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. A new way to manufacture these tiny glass tubes produces them more consistently and reliably.
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Asklepios is a point-of-care research system that integrates the GeneFluidics electrochemical sensor technology with a microfluidics cartridge. The result is a revolution in molecular analysis - complete automated sample preparation and detection in a small, portable package.
Within the microfluidics cartridge, Asklepios performs the same sample preparation steps that would normally be performed on the laboratory bench: reagent delivery, washing, mixing, and target molecule detection.
The system utilizes a modular microfluidics cartridge with configurable functional components. Application-specific components are inserted into the universal cartridge case. A single cartridge configuration can run a variety of assays. By interchanging the modular components, the possible assay configurations are limitless.
The universal electrochemical sensor array allows detection of multiple targets from a single sample. The revolutionary sensor technology allows any combination of different RNA, DNA, and protein targets to be detected simultaneous in the same cartridge.
After the cartridge has been loaded into the system, the onboard process control runs the entire assay within the cartridge. Typical experiments are complete and results displayed in less than 90 minutes.
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PNNL scientists can better understand larger biological molecules such as proteins with the help of a tiny glass tube, called an emitter, that's used in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The improved production allows emitters to spray aerosols at extremely low, controlled rates without clogging. This enables more of the sample to be analyzed by the mass spectrometer, which helps scientists learn more about the molecules they study.
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The Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast, which is their only residence. They are among the most southerly distributed of all seabirds, as are the emperor penguin, the South Polar skua, the Wilson's storm petrel, the snow petrel, and the Antarctic petrel. They are named after Adélie Land, in turn named for the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville who discovered these penguins in 1840.
Based on a 2014 analysis of fresh guano-discolored coastal areas, there are 3.79 million breeding pairs of Adélie penguins in 251 breeding colonies, a 53 percent increase over a census completed 20 years earlier. The colonies are distributed around the coastline of the Antarctic land and ocean. Colonies have declined on the Antarctic Peninsula, but those declines have been more than offset by increases in East Antarctica. During the breeding season, they congregate in large breeding colonies, some over a quarter of a million pairs. Individual colonies can vary dramatically in size, and some may be particularly vulnerable to climate fluctuations.(wikipedia)
This is a group of Adélie Penguins waiting to enter the water from land-connected sea ice. A lone Gentoo Penguin at the front of the queue is being forced to jump first by the gang of Adélies behind. Taken in Antarctica.
I can't remember the circumstances behind this, but I have no doubt it was done for fun at an event of some sort. It's interesting how close to the mark the comments are though! ound during a clearout today.
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Asklepios is a point-of-care research system that integrates the GeneFluidics electrochemical sensor technology with a microfluidics cartridge. The result is a revolution in molecular analysis - complete automated sample preparation and detection in a small, portable package.
Within the microfluidics cartridge, Asklepios performs the same sample preparation steps that would normally be performed on the laboratory bench: reagent delivery, washing, mixing, and target molecule detection.
The system utilizes a modular microfluidics cartridge with configurable functional components. Application-specific components are inserted into the universal cartridge case. A single cartridge configuration can run a variety of assays. By interchanging the modular components, the possible assay configurations are limitless.
The universal electrochemical sensor array allows detection of multiple targets from a single sample. The revolutionary sensor technology allows any combination of different RNA, DNA, and protein targets to be detected simultaneous in the same cartridge.
After the cartridge has been loaded into the system, the onboard process control runs the entire assay within the cartridge. Typical experiments are complete and results displayed in less than 90 minutes.
Someone has found the 'Master Equation for All Life Processes':
I = i0* M^(3/4)*e^(–E/(k*T))
I is an individual's metabolic rate, i0 is a normalization constant, M is mass, E is the activation energy, k is Boltzmann's constant, and T is body temperature in kelvins
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DODD-FRANK REGULATIONS: Regulators' Analytical and Coordination Efforts
Notes: We use the term "bank SIFI" to refer to U.S. bank holding companies with $50 billion or more in total consolidated assets. Our analysis includes nine U.S.-based bank holding company subsidiaries of foreign banking organizations that on their own have total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more. Bank SIFIs are ranked by assets as of the second quarter of 2014, with 1 being the bank SIFI with the greatest amount of assets and 33 being the bank SIFI with the least amount of assets.
Of course I know where the Batcave is. I've been around him long enough that we have a sort of thing between us. Right now though I'm looking at this flower he has on display which I did NOT give him. Don't think I can't see Robin's smirk as he watches my reaction. Jealous? Never. But if I lay my hands on whoever... Oh, the computer just dinged. Let's see what was so special about this Venom.
(This series is a continuation from the Penthouse Invasion series: www.flickr.com/photos/baricade/7100916439/in/photostream)
Analysis by microscopy
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Custom modular building with a pharmacy on the first floor, a medical practioner on the second floor and a dentist on the top floor.
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Eighth grade students analyzed two Edgar Allen Poe poems and a short story to examine the writer’s techniques for establishing tone and mood.
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The University of Salford has secured £300,000 from the European Union to take technology widely used in the games and movie industries to the health care professions, by developing an MSc in Clinical Gait Analysis.
The 4,643mm long Giulia is claimed to have 50/50 weight distribution
Alfa Romeo is at long last on the rise. Across Europe and in the US too, Giulia sales, after a slow start, are accelerating. In many ways, this D segment sedan is good enough to be compared with the best in its class. However, there are areas of concern.
It took a while, but the Giulia is doing a lot better in the US than it had been. Last month, it was the main reason for a dramatic year-on-year gain in brand deliveries, Alfa sales surging by 3,000 per cent to 1,140 vehicles delivered. Of the total, 916 were Giulias, 203 were Stelvios and 21 were 4Cs. Year to date, things are improving too, 6,084 Alfas having now found owners and with the Stelvio only just on sale in North America, the 10,000 unit barrier should be crossed by year end. That's still a pretty small number and a lot, lot fewer than what Sergio Marchionne had once declared would be the goal. Considering all the delays and changes to the brand's product plans and vehicle release dates, it's not bad, though.
Across Europe, Alfa Romeo is riding a sales wave which has surged by 39 per cent for the year to date.
Across Europe, and this according to ACEA data, Alfa Romeo is riding a wave which has surged by 39 per cent year to date. Let's keep things in perspective though, and not forget that Alfa was in steep decline due to old cars and long delays for their replacements. In the case of the Giulia, its predecessor, the 159, simply went out of production and the brand disappeared from the D-sedan segment. For five years. Can any of us imagine Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz doing that?
Leaving the past to one side, let's look at the here and now. Those numbers gathered in by ACEA show the momentum which Alfa has. In August, sales across EU and EFTA nations shot up by 41.3 per cent to 4,686, enough to lift the make's share of the giant market to 0.5 per cent from 0.4 in the prior year. A long way short of the 5.7 per cent held by the number one mass luxury maker Mercedes-Benz, but, it's a start.
Looking at registrations for the first eight months, these total 57,900 compared to 41,539 in the same period of 2016, which is a gain of 39.4 percent. Just how impressive is this result? Well, the brand has a range of five models, two of which, the MiTo and Giulietta are respectively nine and seven years old. The 4C is a hand-made car which is selling in tiny numbers. Which leaves the Giulia and Stelvio. So considering all of this, delivering more than twice the number of vehicles which Jaguar managed in August - even factoring in the traditionally quiet period in the UK ahead of the 1 September registration plate change - is impressive. The limping leaper had regional sales of only 2,187 units.
The marque from Milan has now sold more than double the number of vehicles retailed by Lexus in Europe for 2017.
These small victories will be celebrated by Alfa fans and they will also thrill to learning that the marque from Milan has now sold more than double the number of vehicles retailed by Lexus (28,550), again according to ACEA's data.
What Alfa Romeo has always needed to do is crack the German market. A long time ago, the 156 did well there and then...it all went wrong. Guess what is happening now? A younger generation is willing to consider the brand anew. It also seems as though as for my own recent experience with the Giulia, they are being attracted to this well built and character-filled alternative to the C-Class and A4.
Have I forgotten to mention the 3 Series? Sadly not: in its home market, the 3 Series is being thumped month in month out by the Benz and the Audi. So it's no longer a true rival. The numbers speak for themselves: C-Class, 49,169 (Ytd) and A4, 41,082 versus 27,796 for the BMW. In August, the Dacia Sandero (2,814) outsold the 3er (2,767). The 3 Series' loss is the 2 Series' gain though (27,831 sold YtD and therefore a more popular line-up of cars than the '3), so it's not all bad news for BMW.
If one of the big three German makes in the D segment is in steep decline, might that also be an opportunity for other aspirational brands? Well, yes and no. A not too impressive 201 units of the Jaguar XE were registered in August, and 1,513 for the year-to-date, which was at least better than the combined 185 for the Volvo S60/V60. The KBA's numbers show a better result over the 1 January-31 August period for the Volvos, with 3,056 sold in what will be their final full year of production.
Germany is a very tough market - Porsche is more than 6,000 units ahead of Honda - but the Giulia and Stelvio show that buyers will consider Alfa Romeo if the cars are good enough.
Looking down the list of sales by model, finally the Giulia is there, in 199th position with 157 registrations. Not so good. Better news is that year-on-year, the rise is 80 per cent and the total over the first eight months is 1,931 cars. For a country which is supposed to not be much interested in Italian premium priced models, that's not a bad result. Add the Stelvio to the total (201 in August and 1,110 YtD) plus 886 Giuliettas and 293 MiTos and you start to see how Alfa has somehow sold 4,359 vehicles in Germany so far this year, which represents a gain of 66 per cent. This is a very tough market - Porsche is more than 6,000 units ahead of Honda - but the Giulia and Stelvio show that buyers will consider Alfa Romeo if the cars are good enough.
A quick look at Italy, even though neither the Giulia nor the Stelvio is the kind of vehicle which ever sells well there. Italians much prefer A, B or as the ever increasing success of the Tipo shows, C segment hatchbacks.
It's more of a mixed result in Britain. The Giulia is doing most of the volume as the Stelvio is not yet available here. Noting that, YtD sales of 3,168 for the brand against 3,286 for 1 Jan-31 Aug 2016 is fair. The next quarter should be much better, and in fact September could also be a memorable month if the multiple scrappage schemes succeed in enticing a vast number of company and private buyers into signing up for a new vehicle.